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Nets to play Thunder, Heat in Mexico City this DecemberNEW YORK (AP) The Brooklyn Nets will travel to Mexico City in December for two regular-season games as part of the 25th anniversary of the first NBA game in Mexico.The league announced Wednesday that the Nets and Oklahoma City...

AP Sports WriterLeBron James' Los Angeles home vandalized with slurBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) LeBron James wanted to be with his family, to hug his wife and three kids back in Ohio.Visibly shaken by an event he couldn't control, Cleveland's star struggled Wednesday to focus on his seventh...

AP Basketball WriterAnthony sharp in OKC debut, Rockets look fine without himBy BRIAN MAHONEYCarmelo Anthony sizzled in his first game with the Thunder, though Chris Paul and the Rockets look like they will be just fine without him.Houston overcame Anthony's 19 points in just 20 minutes and Paul George's...

Associated PressFormer NBA bad boy Rodman is back in North KoreaBy ERIC TALMADGEPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) Dennis Rodman, the former NBA bad boy who has palled around with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, flew to Pyongyang on Tuesday on a trip he says he hopes will ''open...

Associated PressBeverley brings defensive mind to ClippersBy JILL PAINTER LOPEZLOS ANGELES (AP) Patrick Beverley was first in line among all the newest Clippers to walk into an introductory news conference.Then Beverley, who was dealt to the Clippers in a six-player trade that sent Chris Paul to Houston, stopped...

AP Sports WriterCoach AI: Iverson doesn't play in Philly Big3 homecomingBy ROB MAADDIPHILADELPHIA (AP) Allen Iverson walked onto a familiar court to a rousing ovation and then took an unfamiliar spot on the sideline.The Answer was Coach AI in his Big3 homecoming.Iverson said a few hours before his...

AP Basketball WriterJackson says that a trade might be best for Carmelo, KnicksBy BRIAN MAHONEYGREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) Phil Jackson thinks Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks might be better off going their separate ways.''We have not been able to win with him on the court at this time and...

Former NBA player Marcus Camby sued over nephew's drowningHOUSTON (AP) Former NBA player Marcus Camby has been named defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit over the drowning of his 9-year-old autistic nephew in a pond on Camby's Houston-area property last Thanksgiving.The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday by the boy's...

AP Sports WriterAP Source: Pelicans, Holiday, to meet when free agency opensBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) Guard Jrue Holiday and the New Orleans Pelicans have scheduled a meeting for midnight Friday when NBA free-agency begins, a person familiar with the situation said.The person spoke to The Associated Press...

AP Basketball WriterNo questioning Durant's decision now as Warriors near titleBy BRIAN MAHONEYCLEVELAND (AP) Kevin Durant never demanded he'd get to take the biggest shot of the NBA Finals.The Golden State Warriors made no promises and he knew there were no guarantees. When they met last summer in...

AP Sports WriterNBA announces 2019 All-Star game will held in CharlotteBy STEVE REEDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The NBA All-Star game is headed back to Charlotte in 2019, a couple of years longer than anticipated.The NBA announced that the All-Star weekend will be held Feb. 15-17 in Charlotte and the...

AP Legal Affairs WriterWife of Clippers' Reed wants domestic battery charge droppedBy CURT ANDERSONMIAMI (AP) The wife of Los Angeles Clippers center Willie Reed said Wednesday she does not wish to press battery charges against her husband after an argument between the couple led to his weekend arrest.Jasmine...